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Gladiators
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Introduction
• Gladiators were criminals or slaves captured in war.
• Gladiators were made to fight to the death to earn their freedom.
• Gladiators were named after the gladius. The gladius was a short sword used for stabbing, Roman soldiers also used it.
• Not all gladiators used the gladius, they used different weapons instead.
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Types of gladiators
There were lots of different types of gladiators. They had different
armour and weaponry.
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Murmillo
• Murmillo gladiators used the gladius and a large shield.
• Murmillo gladiators sometimes fought as part of a team.
• They usually fought other gladiators with heavy weapons
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Thracians
• Thracian gladiators used weapons used by soldiers from the Kingdom of Thrace.
• They used shields that were small and square.
• Their swords had a curved blade.
• A Thracian’s helmet had a Griffin on it.
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Provocator
• Provocator gladiators wore a breastplate, leg armour and a helmet to protect themselves.
• Their armour was the heaviest of all the gladiators.
• They fought with a gladius and shield.
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Retiarius
• Retiarius gladiators fought with a trident and fishing net.
• They wore hardly any armour at all.
• They were quick and skilful to fight the more heavily armoured gladiators.
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The Colosseum
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• Gladiators fought in many different amphitheatres across the empire.
• The Colosseum was the biggest amphitheatre in the entire empire and probably the biggest building in the world.
• It was in the centre of Rome.• It was finished in 80 AD.• 50,000 spectators could sit and watch the
gladiator fights.
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Under the Colosseum• There were lots of different tunnels and
rooms.• The rooms were used to keep gladiators and
animals in, before fighting in the arena.